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Secrets 



BY 

ID. L. I^E"^n^TOXjIDS, 

ROCKFORD, MICHIGAN. 
1887. 






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BY 



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D. L. REYNOLDS, 



RocKFORD, -Michigan, 




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Copyright, April, 1887, by D. L. Reynolds, 
Rockford, Mich. 



Office of D. L. Reynolds, 
rockford, mich. 
Friends : 

These disclosures are published that a 
great blessing may fall into the hands of my 
friends and patrons, feeling confident that 
it contains more useful knowledge than any 
work of the kind published. As you experi- 
ment on the formulas given in the following 
pages, you will find that you can make an 
ample salary either by selling or manufac- 
turing the articles, and but little capital will 
be requisite for the establishing of a perma- 
nent and lucrative business. 

Hoping that you may profit greatly by 
this work, I commit it to your care, with 
my best wishes for your health and pros- 
perity. 

Address, D. L. Reynolds, 

ROCKFORD, MICH. 



]^edi?al Degartmeni 



Perry Davis Pain Killer\ — Spirits Cam- 
phor, 2 oz. ; Tincture Capsicum, 1 oz. ; Tinc- 
ture Guaiac, \ oz. ; Tincture Mjrrh, ^ oz. ; 
Alcohol, 4 oz. Apply it externally for any 
ache or pain, by putting a few drops in the 
palm of the hand and rub until the pain 
ceases. For Cholera, Cholera Morbus, 
Chills, Fevers, Dysentery, etc., take inter- 
nally 1 teaspoonful every fifteen minutes, 
diluted with water. 

Specific for Inflammatory Rhettmatism. 
— One oz. Saltpetre, pulverized ; 1 pint 
Sweet Oil. Bathe the parts afi^ected three 
times a day with this mixture, and a speedy 
cure will be the result. 

Cure for Corns. — One oz. Tar, 1 oz. 
Brown Sugar, 1 oz. Saltpetre ; warm these 
together, spread it on soft kid leather, and 
put it on the corn, wart, or bunion. 

Healing Salve. — 1 lb. Lard, -J lb. Rosin, 
^ lb. Sweet Elder Bark ; simmer over a 
slow fire 4 hours, or until it forms a hard 
brown salve. This is for the cure of cuts, 
bruises, boils, old sores and all like ail- 



ments. Spread on a cotton cloth, and ap- 
ply to the part affected. 

Another Salve. — 1 oz. Sheep''s Tallow, 1 
oz. Bee's Wax, \ oz. Sweet Oil, -J oz. Red 
Lead, 2 oz. Gum Camphor ; fry all these 
together in a stone dish, continue to simmer 
for 4 hours, spread on green basswood 
leaves or paper, and apply to the sore. 

Magnetic Ointment. — 1 lb. Elder Bark, 
1 lb. Spiknard Root, 1 lb. Yellow Dock 
Root ; boil in two gallons of water down to 
one, then press the strength out of the bark 
and roots and boil the liquid down to one- 
half gallon ; add 8 lbs. best Rosin, 1 lb. 
Bee's Wax, and tallow enough to soften. 
Apply to the sores, etc., by spreading on 
linen cloth. 

Ointment of Stramonium. — 1 lb. Stra- 
monium Leaves, 3 lbs. Lard, ^ lb. Yellow 
Wax ; boil the Stramonium Leaves in the 
Lard until they become pliable, then strain 
through linen ; lastly, add the Wax, pre- 
viously melted, and stir until they are cold. 
This is a useful anodyne application in irrit- 
able ulcers, in painful hemorrhoids and in 
cutaneous eruptions. 

Liquid Lightning . — Essential Oil of Mus- 
tard, 1 drm. ; Glycerine, 1 oz. ; Alcohol, 4 
oz. This is a valuable external remedy for 
Headache, Neuralgia, Toothache, and all 



nervous pains. Fortunes have been made 
from this formula. 

For Heartburn — Lozenges. — 1 oz. Gum 
Arabic, 1 oz. pulverized Licorice Root, \ oz. 
Magnesia. Add water to make into Loz- 
enges. Let dissolve in the mouth and swal- 
low. 

Magic Oil.— I gal. Sweet Oil, 2 oz. Oil 
of Hemlock, 2 oz. Oil of Origanum, 2 oz. 
Chloriform, 4 oz. Spirits of Ammonia ; mix 
well ; let it stand 24 hours and it is ready 
for use. This is a great remedy for aches 
and pains. Rheumatism, Neuralgia and all 
nervous and inflammatory diseases. Dose, 
internally, 1 teaspoonful ; bathe externally. 

King of Pain. — Alcohol, 1 qt. ; Oil Sas- 
safras, If oz. ; Oil Origanum, If oz. ; Spirits 
Camphor, If oz. ; Tincture Opium, 1 oz ; 
Chloroform, 1 oz. ; Vinegar, 1 oz. This is 
an excellent Liniment for Rheumatism, 
Headache, Colic, pains in the stomach, etc. 
Dose, from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls in a little 
water. Bathe externally. A good remedy 
to sell. 

Cure for S07'e throat in all its different 
Forms: — 2 oz. Cayenne Pepper, 1 oz. Com- 
mon Salt, -J pint of Vinegar. Warm over 
a slow fire, and gargle the throat and mouth 
every hour. Garlic and Onion poultice ap- 
plied to the outside. Castor Oil, one spoon- 
ful, to keep the bowels open. 



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Cough Syrup — Thoroughwort 1 oz. ; Slip- 
pery Elm, 1 oz. ; Stick Licorice, 1 oz. ; Flax 
Seed, 1 oz. Simmer together in 1 quart of 
water until the strength is entirely extracted. 
Strain carefully ; add 1 pt. of best Molas- 
ses and J lb. of Loaf Sugar. Simmer them 
all well together, and when cold, bottle tight. 
This is the cheapest, safest, and best remedy 
for Coughs, Colds, and all lung troubles 
that is now, or ever has been in use. Dose, 
tablespoonful. 

Hamlimh Wizard Oil. — Tincture Cam- 
phor, 1 oz. ; Aqua Ammonia, \ oz. ; Oil 
Sassafras, ^ oz. ; Oil Cloves, 1 drm. ; Chlo- 
roform, 2 drms. ; Turpentine, 1 drm. ; Al- 
cohol, Z\ oz. Bathe the parts affected. 

Drops of Life. — 1 oz. Gum Opium, 1 dr. 
Gum Kino, 40 gr. Gum Camphor, ^ oz. 
Nutmeg, powdered, 1 pt. French Brandy. 
Let stand from 1 to 10 days. Dose, from 
80 to 40 drops for an adult ; children, half 
dose. This is one of the most valuable prep- 
arations in Materia Medica, and will in some 
dangerous hour, when all hope is fled and 
the system racked with pain, be the sooth- 
ing balm which cures the most dangerous 
diseases to which the human body is liable, 
flux, disentery, and all summer complaints. 

A Cure for Cancer. — As used by a New 
York physician with much success. Take 
Red Oak Bark, and boil it to the thickness 



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of molasses ; then mix with sheep's tallow 
of an equal proportion, spread it on leaves 
of lindwood, green, and keep a plaster over 
the ulcer ; change once in eight hours. 

Small Poj' Remedy. — Sulphate of Zinc, 
1 grain ; Digitalis, 1 gr. ; White Sugar, \ 
teaspoonful ; mix in 2 tablespoonfuls of 
water. When thoroughly mixed, add 4 oz. 
water. Dose, teaspoonful every hour. This 
will prevent or cure this terrible disease. It 
is as unfailing as fate, and cures in every 
instance. It has cured in many cases when 
the learned physicians said that the patient 
must die. 

Eye TP'^^^t?/'.— Table Salt and White Vit- 
riol, each one tablespoonful ; heat them on 
earthern until dry. Now add them to soft 
water \ pint, White Sugar, one tablespoon- 
ful, Blue Vitriol, a piece as large as a com- 
mon pea. Should this be too strong, add a 
little more water. Apply to the eyes three 
or four times daily. 

Tetter Ointment. — 1 oz. Spirits Turpen- 
tine, 1 oz. Red Precipitate, in powder, 1 oz. 
Burgundy Pitch, in powder, 1 lb. Hog's 
Lard. Melt all these ingredients over a 
slow fire until the ointment is formed ; stir 
until cold. Spread on a linen rag, and ap- 
ply to the parts affected. 

A sure Cure for Piles. — Confection of 
Senna, 2 oz.'; Cream of Tartar, 1 oz. ; Sul- 



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phur, 1 oz. ; Syrup of Ginger, enough to 
make a stiff paste ; mix. A piece as large 
as a nutmeg is to be taken as often as nec- 
essary to keep the bowels open. One of the 
best remedies known. 

Diphtheria. — Take a clean clay tobacco 
pipe, put a live coal in it, then put common 
tar on the fire and smoke it ; inhaling and 
breathing back through the nostrils. 

Fever and Ague. — Quinine, 1 scr. ; Elixir 
of Vitriol, 1 drm. Dissolve the Quinine in 
the Elixir, and Tine, of Black Cohosh, 14 
drms. Dose, 20 drops in a little water once 
an hour. 

To Strengthen cind Invigorate the System. 
— Precipitated Garb. Iron, 5 drms.; Fluid 
Elixir Conium, 2 drms.; Balsam Peru, 1 
drm.; Alcohol, 4 oz. ; Oil Ginnamon, 8 
drops ; Oil Wintergreen, 8 drops ; White 
Sugar, 4 oz. ; Water, 4 oz. Dose, 2 tea- 
spoonfuls three times a day in sweetened 
water ; shake well before using. This is a 
valuable remedy for general debility of 
females. 

Gonorrhcm. — Balsam of Copaiba, 1 oz.; 
Oil of Gubebs, 2 drms. ; Laudanum, 1 dr. ; 
Mucilage of Gum Arabic, 2 oz. ; 'Sweet Spir- 
its Nitre, -J oz. ; Compound Spirits of Lav- 
ender, 3 drms.; Camphor Water, 4 oz.; 



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White Sugar, 2 drms, ; Oil of Partridge Ber- 
ry, 5 drops ; mix. Dose, a tablespoonful 
three or four times a day. A sure cure. 

The end of the medical department. 

Go|meti? Department. 



Curling Liquid for the ILiir. — 2 oz. 
Scrapings of Lead, J oz. Lithrage, J oz. Gum 
Camphor. Boil all in 1 pint of soft water 
for half an hour, let it cool, pour off the 
liquid and add to it 1 drm. Sugar of Lead, 
1 drm. Rosemary Flowers. Boil all again 
and strain, when it is fit for use. Apply to 
the hair about once a week, and it will make 
it curl beautifully. 

Hair Oils. — 1 gallon Cologne Spirits, 90 
per cent, proof, 1 pint Castor Oil, 1 oz. Oil 
Cinnamon : mix well. 



Another — to sell. — 1 pt. Lard, clear, ^ 
pt. Sweet Oil, ^ oz. Oil Rosemary ; mix. 

Marrow Oil. — Beef Marrow and Lard, 
equal quantities. Scent with anything you 
choose. 

Powder for the Complexion. — ^oz. Tinc- 
ture of Eld^r Blossoms, |- oz. Beef's Mar- 
row, J pint Orange Flower Water, 1 oz. 



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Cassia Buds, 2 oz. Bitter Almonds, 4 drms. 
Spirits of Oriental Roses ; mix, and apply 
each evening ; wash oif in the morning. 

Paste to Produce Whiskers. — Yeal Tal- 
low, 1 lb. ; Tine. Cantharides, 1 oz. ; Oil of 
Mace, ^ oz. ; Oil of Citronella, 10 drops. 
Apply night and morning. 

To clean the Teeth. — Castile soap, cigar 
ashes and a tooth brush. This is the best 
Tooth Powder for common use. 

To make the Hair soft and glossy. — 1 pt. 
Alcohol, 4 oz. Castor Oil. Mix and flavor 
with Burgamot. Apply with the hand ; rub 
well and frequently. 

To color the Hair. — 1 oz. Powdered Lith- 
rage, 1 oz. Lime. Make with these a paste 
with boiled milk. Apply carefully with a 
brush, and do not wet the hair for twenty- 
four hours after. 

To heautifi/ the teeth and make the hreath 
snreet and pleasant. — 1 oz. Cloriate of Lime, 
put in a pint of soft water, let it stand 12 
hours, then pour off the clear water and add 
40 drops Essence of Roses. 

To make Tips and Teeth rosy. — Use a 
little red Carmine. 

Hair Restorative. — Sugar of Lead, Borax 
and Lac Sulphur, each one ounce ; Aqua 
Ammonia, \ oz. ; Alcohol, 1 gill. Mix and 



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let stand 1-i hours, then add Bay Rum, 1 
gill ; Fine Table Salt, 1 tablespoonful ; soft 
water, 3 pints ; Essence of Burganaot, 1 oz. 

Perfumery. — Oils of Rosemary and Lem- 
on, each -J oz. ; Burgamot and Lavender, 
each \ drm. ; Cinnamon, 4 drops ; Cloves 
and Rose, each 10 drops ; Alcohol, 1 quart. 
Mix and let stand one week. 



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Red Ink. — 2 oz. Cochineal, bruised ; 
pour over it 1 quart of boiling water and 
let it stand S hours. Boil 2 oz. Brazil 
Wood in 1 pint of water ; let it stand 8 
hours and then add the two together. 
Dissolve ^ oz. Gum Arabic in -J pint of hot 
water. Add all together and let stand 4 
days. Strain and bottle for use. 

Blue Ink. — 6 parts Persian Blue, 1 part 
Oxalic Acid ; triturate with a little water to 
a smooth paste ; add Gum Arabic and the 
necessary quantity of water. 

Indelible Ink to Mark linen. — l-J oz. 
Nitrate of Silver ; dissolve in 6 ounces 
Liquor Ammonia Fortis ; 1 oz. Orchill for 
coloring ; ^ oz. Gum Arabic ; mix. 



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For Yellow. — Write with Muriate of 
Anitomy ; when dry, wash with Tincture of 
Galls. 

Black. — Write with a solution of Green 
Vitriol, and wash with Tincture of Galls. 

Blue. — Nitrate of Cobalt ; wash with 
Oxalic Acid. 

Yellow. — Sub-Acetate of Lead ; wash 
with Hydrochloric Acid. 

Green. — Arsenate of Potash ; wash with 
Nitrate of Copper. 

Brown. — Prussiate of Potash is the wash 
over Nitrate of Copper. 

Purple. — Solution of Gold and Muriate 
of Tin. 

Black. — Perchloride of Mercury ; the 
wash is Hydrochloride of Tin. 

Black Ink. — Extract of Logwood, 1 oz. ; 
Bicromate of Potash, \ oz. Pulverize and 
mix, and dissolve in a quart of soft hot 
water. This makes a beautiful jet black 
ink, which will not spoil by freezing. 



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For Spavin and Ringbone. — Canthari- 
des, 1 oz. ; Mercurial Ointment, 2 oz. ; 
Corrosive Sublimate, \h drms. ; Turpen- 
tine, 1^ oz. ; Tincture Iodine, 1 oz. ; Gum 
Euphorbium, \ oz. ; mix well with one lb. 
of lard. 

Directions for Using. — For Ringbone or 
Bone Spavin, cut the hair from the part af- 
fected, and merely grease the hump with 
the ointment. Rub it well with the naked 
hand. In two days grease the part with 
lard, and in four days wash it off with soap 
and water and apply the ointment again. 
So repeat it every four days. For Wind 
Gall, Bog Spavin, Curb or Splints apply 
the ointment every six days. 

For Boiw Spavin. — Dog's Lard ^ pint ; 
best Oil Origanum, 1^ oz. ; pulverized 
Cantharides, ^ oz. Mix and apply each 
morning for three mornings, heating it in 
with a hot iron each time. Then skip three 
mornings and apply as before, until it has 
been applied nine times, after which wait 
about ten days, and if not all gone go over 
again the same way. This does not remove 
the hair, but it cures the largest and worst 
cases. 



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For Poll ^w7.— Rock Salt, 1 oz. ; Blue 
Vitriol, 1 oz. ; Copperas, \ oz. ; pulverize 
and mix well. Fill a goose quill with the 
powder and push to the bottom of the pipe. 
Have a 'Stick at top of the quill and push 
the powder out of the quill, leaving it at 
the bottom of the pipe. Repeat in four 
days, and in two or three days from that 
time you can remove the pipe without any 
trouble. 

Cure for Oolic. — Spirits of Turpentine, 3 
oz. ; Laudanum, 1 oz. Mix, and give all 
for a dose by putting it into a bottle with a 
half pint of warm water. This is and ex- 
cellent cure and never fails in the worst 
cases. 

Cure for Scratches.— Sweet Oil, 3 oz. ; 
Borax, 1 oz. ; Sugar of Lead, 1 oz. Mix 
and apply twice daily, after washing thor- 
oughly with castile soap, giving time for 
legs to dry. 

Great Arahian Heave Remedy . — Give 
your horse a teaspoonful of Lobelia once a 
day for a week, and then once a week, and 
you will hardly know he ever had the 
heaves. Try it. 

Wolffs Liniment. — 1 qt. Alcohol, 2 oz. 
Tincture Arnica, 1 oz. Oil Hemlock, 1 oz. 
Oil of Spike. Mix well and let stand 24 
hours. This will cure any burn, scald, 



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bruise, sprain, or any like ailment, also 
aches and pains of all kinds. Apply by 
wetting a flannel cloth and wrapping it 
around the diseased part. : . 

Liniment to Kill Pain.-^l gal. Alcohol, 
1 oz. Tincture Cayenne, 1 oz. Gum Cam- 
phor, 2 oz. Tincture Ammonia,, ;J oz. Chlo- 
roform. Mix and let stand twelve hours. 

Cure for Sweeney. — Alcohol and Spirits 
of Turpentine, each 8 oz. ; Camphor Gum, 
pulverized Cantharides and Capsicum, each 
1 oz. ; Oil of Spike, 3 oz. ; mix. Bathe 
with hot iron. 

, Best Condition Powders. — Fenugreek, 
Cream of Tartar, Gentian, Sulphur, Salt- 
petre, Rosin, Black Antimony and Ginger, 
each 2 oz. ; Cayenne Pepper, 1 oz. Pul- 
verize and mix thoroughly. Dose, 2 tea- 
spoonfuls once a da}^ in feed. 



|Ii§?ellaneuo^ HepaFlmeni 



Fire Proof Paint. — Take a suflScient 
quantity of water for use ; add as much 
Potash as can be dissolved therein. When 
the water will dissolve no more Potash, stir 
into the solution, fii'st, a quantity of flour 
paste of consistency of painter's size ; sec- 
ond, a sufficiency of pure clay to render it 



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of the consistency of cream. Apply with a 
painter's brush. 

N. B. — The above will admit of any 
coloring you please. 

Paint for Rough Wood Work. — 6 lbs. 
melted Pitch, 1 lb. Linseed Oil and 1 lb. 
Yellow Ochre. 

Superio-r Paint for Brick Houses. — To 
Lime Whitewash add, for a fastener, Sul- 
phate of Zinc, and shade with any color 
you choose, as Yellow Ochre, Yenetian 
Red, etc. It outlasts oil paint. 

Water Proof and Fire-Proof Cement 
for Roofs of Houses. — Slack Stone Lime in 
a large tub or barrel with boiling water, 
covering the tub or barrel to keep in the 
steam. When thus slacked, pass six quarts 
through a fine seive. It will then be in a 
state of fine flour. To this add one quart 
Rock Salt and one gallon water. Boil the 
mixture and skim it clean. To every five 
gallons of the skimmed mixture add 1 lb. 
Alum and \ lb. Copperas ; by slow degrees 
add f lb. Potash and 4 quarts fine sand or 
wood ashes sifted. Both of the above will 
admit of any coloring you please. It looks 
better than paint, and is a durable as slate. 

Cheap Paint without Lead or Oil. — 
Whiting, 5 lbs. ; Skimmed Milk, 2 qts. ; 
fresh Slacked Lime, 2 oz. Put the lime 



into a stone vessel and ponr upon it a suffi- 
cient quantity of the milk to make a mix- 
ture resembling cream. The balance of the 
milk is then to be added, and lastly the 
whiting is to be crumbled upon the surface 
of the fluid, in which it gradually sinks. 
At this period it must be well stirred in, or 
ground as you would other paint and it is 
fit for use. Color to suit and apply the 
same as other paint. As soon as dry an- 
other coat may be added. This paint is of 
great tenacity. The above quantity will 
cover about sixty yards. 

Art of Etching upon Copper. — Having 
obtained a fine piece of Copper, which 
must be well polished, you will make a 
mixture of Bee's Wax, to which a small 
quantity of Rosin must be added to render 
the substance harder ; melt these together 
by heat, and when thoroughly incorporated 
by stirring, you must take a camel hair 
brush and cover the plate with a nice even 
coating of the mixture, after having warmed 
the plate by the fire. 

When the mixture becomes hardened 
upon the plate you must sketch your object 
upon the surface ; then take an etching 
point, or a large needle fixed in a handle 
will do, cut through the wax to the surface of 
the copper, taking care to make your lines 
as distinct as possible. 

This being done, you must raise a border 



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of wax all arou-nd the plate, and taking 
some strong Nitric Acid, pour it on the 
plate to the depth of an inch. The acid 
will eat away the copper in those places 
which have been bared by the etching point 
and you must, from time to time, pour off 
the acid and wash the plate to see how the 
work is going on. Those places which ap- 
pear to be etched deep enough, are to be 
stopped up with wax, the acid again poured 
on and allowed to remain until the process 
is completed. This done, the wax is to be 
melted off, the plate cleaned and the etch- 
ing is then ready for the press. This is an 
employment from which a good emolument 
may be derived. 

Rat^ Mouse wild Roach Extennvnator. — 
1 pt. Alcohol, \ oz. Cayenue Pepper, 1 oz. 
Pulverized Anise Seed, \ oz. Saltpetre, \ 
oz. White Lead, 4 oz. Essence of Hops. 
Steam this slowly for an hour, then add 30 
drops of quassi. Let stand 48 hours and 
add 1 gall, water ; bottle for use. To use, 
saturate bread, meal, meat, etc., and lay it 
in their frequented places. In two nights 
not one will be seen. It sells for $1.00 
per 4 oz. bottle ; or drive them away your- 
self for $5 a farm or $2 a house. 

To Hour dmi Wood. — It is often desirable 
to impart the hardness of oak to shutters, 
doors, etc., made of soft wood. This is 
easily done by giving them first a coating 



of common gray paint, and then sifting 
some very fine sand over it, when a dry 
coat of paint is laid on, after which the 
surface becomes so hard that it will resist 
the influence of the sun and rain for many 
years without undergoing the slightest alter- 
ation. 

The Art of Painting on Glass. — The 
only difference between ordinary painting 
and painting on glass is that in the latter 
all transparent colors are used instead of 
opaque ones, and the color being ground 
up with turpentine and varnish instead of 
oil. In painting upon glass it is necessary 
occasionally to place the picture between 
the artist and the light to enable him to see 
the effect, the light having the property of 
casting a yellowish tinge upon all colors so 
exposed. 

To persons having a knowledge of color- 
ing this art is easily learned and affords a 
handsome remuneration. 

Mahogany Furniture Polish. — Take of 
the best proof alcohol 1 quart ; cut therein 
all the gum shelac it will take ; add 2 oz. 
Yenice Turpentine ; add coloring to suit. 
This makes a beautiful polish, and will 
wear for years. 

Furnitwre Varnish. — Alcohol, l-J oz. ; 
Muriatic Acid, -J oz. ; Linseed Oil, 8 oz. ; 
best Vinegar, ^ pint ; Butter of Antimony, 



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1-J oz. ; mix, putting the vinegar in last. 
This will make old furniture look nearly as 
good as new. Shake before using. Apply 
with sponge or woolen cloth. 

Oil Paste for Blacking Boots and Shoes. 
2 oz. Oil Yit., 4 oz. Tanner's Oil ; mix and 
let stand 48 hours ; then add 5 oz. Molasses, 
and Ivory Black, 1 lb. ; stir well and put 
up for sale. This has been the fortune of 
Mason, of Philadelphia. 

Patent Glue. — 1 lb. fine isinglass and 1 
pint of rain water ; boil and prepare as or- 
dinary glue ; then add slowly, stirring con- 
tinually, 2 oz. Nitric Acid ; bottle and it is 
fit for use. It will permanently adhere to 
wood, leather, paper, and everything else. 
It sells for 25 cents an ounce, and by keep- 
it secret Spalding has made a fortune at it. 
Read his advertisement. Truly it is a 
young fortune to any good peddler. 

Stencil Cutting. — Take a thin copper or 
brass plate ; lay it flat on the side ; then 
take a sharp edged steel and write thereon 
the same as common writing, but press suffi- 
ciently hard to cut through the plate. To 
mark, lay the plate thus cut out upon the 
cloth and apply the ink by means of a 
brush to the back of the plate, and it will 
wet the cloth where the cut is made by writ- 
ing. A little practice will enable you to 



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cut beautifully. There is mouey to be 
made at this. Some make $10 per day. 

Water-Proof for Leather. — Take Lin- 
seed Oil, 1 pint ; Yellow Wax and White 
Turpentine, each 2 oz. ; Burgunda Pitch, 2 
oz. ; melt and color with lamp black. 

Glue for Cementing Paper and Leather. 
— Take Isinglass and Parchment, each 1 
oz. ; Sugar Candy and Gum Tragacanth, 
each 2 drms. ; add to them 1 oz. water, 
and boil the whole together till the mixture 
appears (when cold) of the consistency of 
glue ; then pour it into any form you please. 
If this glue be wet with the tongue and 
rubbed on the edges of paper, silk or leath- 
er that are to be cemented, they will, on be- 
ing laid together, pressed lightly and suf- 
fered to dry, be as firmly united as other 
parts of the substance. It is fine to seal let- 
ters. 

Burning Fluid. — 4 qts. Alcohol, 1 qt. 
Spirits Turpentine ; mix well. It is best 
in use. 

Patent Blacking. — 1 gal. Alcohol, 1 oz. 
Sulphuric Acid, \\ lbs. Gum Shelac ; let 
stand 48 hours, then add \ lb. of Ivory 
Black. Let stand 24 hours, then, carefully 
pour off" the top. This is ready for use, and 
is water proof. This receipt cost $50, and 
is for the polish of all leather. It sells in 
4 oz. bottles at $1 per bottle. 



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New Engla/)id Soap. — Take tliree pounds 
of hard white Soap, shave it up fine ; dis- 
solve it in ten quarts boiling water ; add 
one ounce Salts of Tartar, three ounces 
Borax ; then take the same from the fire 
and set it away to cool. As soon as it be- 
comes cool enough to bear your hand in, 
add one ounce Liquid Ammonia ; stir each 
article as you put it in. 

Patent Soap. — ^ pt. Turpentine, 3 lbs. 
Sal Soda, 3 lbs. grease, 2 lbs. Rosin Soap, 
40 galls, water. Boil one hour and it is fit 
for use. This is a great soap. Keep it to 
yourself. 

Washing, Fluid. — 2 lbs Crude Potash, 1 
oz. Sal Amoniac, ^ oz. Saltpetre, 2 galls, 
rain water ; 1 pint for 8 galls, water and 1 
lb. soap. Put the clothes to soak over 
night and rinse in the morning. This has 
been sold for $5 for some time. 

Artificial IIo7iey. — Granulated Sugar, 10 
lbs. ; pure Honey (strained), 3 lbs. ; soft 
water, 3 pints ; Cream Tartar, 1 drm. ; Es- 
sence Peppermint, 10 drops. Dissolve the 
sugar in the water by the aid of gentle 
heat ; take off the scum and add the honey 
and cream tartar previously dissolved in a 
little water ; bring to a boiling point, stir 
well, then let it cool. This knowledge is 
worth a hundred dolla-rs to a grocer. 



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To take stains out of Mahogatiy.—Mix 
Spirits of Salt 6 parts, Salt of Lemons 1 
part ; then drop a little on the stains and 
rub them till they disappear. 

To Clean Britania Ware. — Britania 
ware should be first washed with a woolen 
cloth and sweet oil, then washed in water and 
suds and rubbed with soft leather and whit- 
ing. Thus treated it will retain its beauty 
to the last. 

Ho^io to Write upon Iron,, Steel,, Silver 
(yr Gold. — Muriatic Acid, 1 oz. ; Nitric 
Acid, \ oz. ; mix, when it is ready for use. 

Directions. — Cover the place you wish 
to write or mark upon with melted bees- 
wax or hard soap. Write plainly with any 
sharp instrument, carying it through the 
wax. Then apply the mixed acids with a 
feather, carefully filling each letter. Let 
it remain from one to ten minutes, and then 
clean the surface. By this simple method 
tools may be marked with the owner's 
name. 

Crystal Cement. — Dissolve one pound of 
White Glue in 1-J quarts hot water, then 
cut 1 oz. Gum Shelac in 1 -J pint of Alco- 
hol and mix with the glue, then stir in 2 oz.' 
of dry White Lead and add 1 oz. of Tur- 
pentine. This makes the best cement of 
anything that has been discovered. It will 
stand heat, and articles will break in anoth- 



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er place sooner than where they were put 
together. This is a fortune to any enter- 
prising man. 

Far Cleaning MarMe. — Muriatic Acid, 
2 pounds ; Acetic Acid, ^ pound, Yerdi- 
gris, J oz. Mix and apply with brush. 
Wash the stone after with sponge and wa- 
ter. After the stone is clean rub it smooth 
with pumice stone, keeping it wet with wa- 
ter when rubbing. After some little prac- 
tice you can clean an old dirty tombstone 
so a marble cutter cannot detect it from be- 
ing new work. 



Ghemi(^al BepaFtmeni 



TRUE AND VALUABLE SECRETS. 

How to Imitate Gold. — Take the follow- 
ing metals and melt them in a crucible cov- 
ered : 16 oz. Virgin Platina, 24 oz. pure 
Copper. 

Silver. — 40 oz. Nickel, 20 oz. Copper, 
30 oz. Block Tin. 

Artificial Gold. — Sixteen parts of Vir- 
gin Platina, seven parts of copper and one 
of zinc. Put these into a covered crucible 
with powdered charcoal and melt them to- 



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gether till the whole forms one mass and 
are thoroughly incorporated together. 

This also makes a gold of extraordinary 
beauty and value. It is not possible by 
any tests that chemists know of to distin- 
guish it from pure virgin gold. All I ask 
of men is to use it for good and lawful pur- 
poses, for the knowledge that I here give 
will bring you a rich and permanent reward 
without using it for unlawful purposes. 

Manheim or Jeicelen^P Gold. — Three parts 
of Copper, one part of zinc and one part of 
block tin. If these are pure and melted in 
a covered crucible containing charcoal, the 
resemblance will be so good that the best 
judges cannot tell it from pure gold without 
analyzing it. 

Best Pinchheck Gold. — Five ounces of 
pure copper and one ounce of zinc. This 
makes gold so good to appearence that a 
great deal of deception by its use in the 
way of watches and jewelry has been suc- 
cessfully practiced for several hundred years 
back. 

Silver Fluid. — For silvering brass and 
copper articles of every description. Take 
an ounce of Precipitated Silver to half an 
ounce of Cyanate of Potash and quarter of 
an ounce of Hyper-Sulphate of Soda. Put 
all into a quart of water, add a little whit- 



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ing and shake before using. Apply with a 
soft rag. 

This knowledge alone is worth one hun- 
dred dollars. 

Galvanizing Without a Battery. — Dis- 
solve Cyanuret of Potassium, 1 oz., in pure 
rain-water, 1 pint, to which add a one- 
drachm bottle of Chloride of Gold and it is 
ready for use. 

Directions. — Scour the article to be 
plated from all dirt or grease with fine 
whiting, then clean with alcohol and brush. 
Then suspend the article in the above solu- 
tion with a small strip of zinc, hooking the 
top over a stick which reaches across the 
top of the jar holding the solution. Every 
five or ten minutes the article should be 
taken out and brushed clean. Then repeat 
until the coating is heavy enough to suit. 
When the plating is not in use bottle it, 
keeping it well corked, bearing in mind 
that it is as poison as arsenic and should be 
put high out of the way of children and 
labeled poison. 

Powder for Cleaning and Polishing Tin^ 
Britania and Brass Ware. — Take -J lb. 
Ground Pumice Stone and J lb. Ked 
Chalk ; mix them evenly together. This is 
for tin and brass. For silver and fine ware, 
take i lb. Ked Chalk and \ lb. Pumice 
Stone ; mix very evenly. Use these arti- 



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cles dry with a piece of wash leather. It is 
one of the best cleaning powders ever in- 
vented, and very valuable. 

Original and Genuine Silver Plating 
Fluid — Galvanism Simplified. — Dissolve 
1 oz. of Nitrate of Silver in Crystal 
in 12 ounces of soft water. Then dis- 
solve in the water 2 oz. of Oyanu- 
ret of Potash. Shake the whole to- 
gether and let it stand until it becomes 
clear. Have ready some half-ounce phials 
and fill them half full of Paris White or 
fine whiting ; then fill up the bottles with 
the liquid and it is ready for use. The 
whiting does not increase the coating pow- 
er ; it only helps to clean the articles and 
to save the silver fluid by half filling the 
bottles. The above quantity of materials 
will only cost about $1.50, so that the fluid 
will only cost about three cents a bottle. • 

Silver Polish for Tin^^Brass and Metal- 
lic Articles. — Quicksilver, Tin Foil and Kot- 
ten Stone, equal parts, all pulverized to- 
gether. . Eoll up in balls, show as you go, 
and sell for ten cents a ball. 

Another — Fine. — 4 lb. Whiting, \ oz. 
Oxalic Acid, -J oz. Cream Tartar. Stir all 
together, then add slowly 3 oz. Mercury, 
stirring briskly all the time so it will mix. 
This is good : 25 cents a ball. 



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